The Texas Education Agency held a hearing Friday in Austin for the San Antonio School for Inquiry and Creativity District which the TEA closed Wednesday until further notice. The TEA says the school district is out of compliance with criminal history requirements and has food safety issues.
Almost 600 students are currently out of school because of the closure. In addition to the closure, Foundation School Program funding for district has also been suspended.
DeEtta Culbertson is spokesperson for the Texas Education Agency.
“Depending on the outcome of this hearing today and any further actions at the agency, if parents felt the need to move their children elsewhere, that’ll be there choice” Culbertson says. “They can take their students back to their home school district, re-enroll them in another charter school, home school them, or enroll them in a private school.”
Denise Fritter is SASIC school board president. She says the school has already corrected the issues or is in the process of correcting them.
“We feel very confident in what we presented today,” Fritter says. “In regard to the health inspections, we’ve had numerous health inspections. We’ve passed them a better than a 95% score with each and every health inspection.”
A date for a ruling has not been set.